On 19 December 2001, Peter Trei wrote:
Ben Xain[SMTP:bxain@redneck.gacracker.org] In fact, spammers currently *do* send mail encrypted to the remailers' keys. It's a pain in the ass trying to filter the damn stuff out. First I've heard that. Frankly, I'm suprised.
One solution, which I've long advocated, is for the remailer to drop mail which has an unencrypted body after it's applied it's decryption key.
Provided this is an announced policy, substantially increases the protection of the mail and the remop. It does mean that only people capable of using encryption can receive mail via the remailer, but that's probably a *good* thing.
I don't think that's necessarily a good idea. It would eliminate or reduce the anonymous remailer's usefulness for posting to newsgroups and mailing lists. Add to that the concept of some anonymous remailer users being informants or corporate whistle-blowers, who will often be contacting law enforcement or media officials and won't have access to public keys for encryption. Instead, it would be a good idea for remailers to find some other means of filtering spam. There are some great tools out there that might be useful for this, such as nilsimsa. Ben Xain bxain@redneck.gacracker.org